Getting Started

First steps to start booking with the Time Slot WordPress plugin by adding your timezone, currency and company information

Set Your Timezone

Set your site timezone to a city name on the WordPress General settings page.

Time zone on WordPress General settings page

Set Your Time Format

On the WordPress General settings page, set your time format string. This is how it will look on your booking form.

Time Slot accepts the following time format strings:

aLowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiemam or pm
AUppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiemAM or PM
g12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros1 through 12
G24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros0 through 23
h12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros01 through 12
H24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros00 through 23
iMinutes with leading zeros 00 to 5900 to 59

Set Your Currency

Select your site currency in the Time Slot settings on the Payment Methods page.

Currency code setting on the Time Slot plugin Payment Methods page

Add Your Company Info

This information will be used in the .ics calendar event file that will be attached to your customer approved emails, in your Google Calendar event details, and can be inserted into your email message body text with a shortcode.


Add Your Contact Info

Add your Company Logo, Name, Phone Number, Email Address, and Website URL.

Company contact settings in Time Slot WordPress admin area

Add Your Business Address

Add your Street Address, City, State and Zip Code.

Company address settings in Time Slot WordPress admin area

Set Your Business Hours

Enter the start and end times for your business for each weekday. Check the Closed checkbox for the weekdays that you will not be open. Click the Save Changes button when finished. These settings will be used for scheduling with the Time Slot booking form. The default is 9 to 5 if not set.

Optionally, check the Break checkbox to add a gap in the day when you will not be accepting appointments. Enter the start and end times for each break and click the Save Changes button when finished.


Add Holiday Days Off

Select the dates of any days your business will be closed or dates when you don’t want to accept appointments. Check the Annual checkbox for the dates that you will be closed every year. To add additional holidays, click the +Add Holiday button. To remove a holiday, click the remove ( X ) button next to the date. Click the Save Changes button when finished.

Business holiday settings in Time Slot booking plugin WordPress admin area

More Information

View the guides for Services, Staff, or Email for more information on how to get started, or check out the docs for additional guides.